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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [205v] (415/498)
The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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402
Route No. XII— contd.
(vii) Repair facilities .—Good at KAZVIN, RESHT and
PAHLEVI where there are stockists of spare parts for the
common American makes of lorry and car, as also garages equip
ped with lathes and fairly competent black-smith mechanics. Nil
elsewhere.
DETAILED REPORT.
Map. 8-H.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 0 0 Road junction 5 mile north-west of KAZ
VIN—see Route I (c).
Fork left for BAGHDAD, right for
RESHT.
Road runs through vineyards and market
gardens for I 5 miles before open country
is reached. The road is crossed by
numerous irrigation channels which are
often rough and deep enough to cause
broken springs unless speed is reduced.
To the right the ground rises gently to
wards ELBRUZ range and to the left
falls gently towards the vast SIAH
DEHAN plain but is otherwise devoid
of main features and not commanded
from either flank—very slight rise to
B. 1 10 10 NIZAMABAD—50 houses.
B. 1 5 15 AGHA BABA—Sarai and 100 houses.
(i) Camping ground. —On left of road
before reaching village—unlimited
space—sandy soil—entrances and exits
easy—M.T. can park on site—cover
from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —If the stream on the right of
the road is dry from a qanat J mile
east of the site.
(iii) Fuel. —Very scarce—a few fruit and
pistachio nut trees.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
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The volume details motor transport (‘M.T.’) routes in Persia [Iran]. The volume, which is numbered I, covers the main routes in Persia, and was produced by the General Staff, India. It was printed by M Abdul Hameed Khan, Manager of the Feroz Printing Works, Lahore, in 1942. An introduction (folio 3) states that the volume has been updated on the basis of reports received in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia in August 1941.
The volume comprises details of sixty-five routes, listed on the contents page, between various towns and cities in Persia. Details given for each route include:
- an overview (distance, number of stages, references to maps);
- a general report (classification of route, surface and grading, character of adjacent country, climatic effects, exceptional features, repair and supply facilities, water, fuel, fodder and grazing supplies);
- a detailed report (villages and other landmarks encountered, road classifications, distances).
A handwritten annotation on folio 5 (author unknown) states that ‘distances are somewhat overestimated throughout this report.’ The volume includes a map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 246).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Arrangement
A contents list (f 4) and index (ff 240-245) reference the volume’s original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 247; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- ‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:245r, 247v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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